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West 2016: The Sad Story of Jelly

Into every life, a little trauma must fall. And apparently, this was the trip for car mishaps…

When Mom and I got our car at the airport, we were assigned to a white Subaru with a little damage. It had been pelted in a hailstorm a few weeks previously – great conversation starter by the way…

Then there was the unfortunate, may or may not have happened, mishap with the car rolling away when I left to take some photos…

And then there was Jelly… Poor, poor Jelly…

One of the mornings we visited Yellowstone, we drove up earlier than usual to see the early morning wildlife. We got up and left Cody for the hour long drive to the park. It was a beautiful drive on a beautiful morning…

Early in the drive, there was a bunny on the side of the road. He was facing AWAY from the road and the car, and I actually spoke outloud to him and told him not to turn around… Alas, it was too late… The bunny, who we later named Jelly (for the old Yogi Bear cartoons – Jellystone Park), turned around and jumped into the car. I heard the thunk… But I saw nothing in the rearview…

We kept driving, and head in the entrance gate, show the ranger our pass and exchange pleasantries and make our way to the first restroom in the park. On the way back to the car, I discover why I never saw Jelly in the rearview…

UGH…

So I do what any self-respecting woman with a travel blog and a morbid sense of humor would do, and I get out the camera…

My mom returns to find me documenting my find…

Being the no-nonsense mom that she is (she also has a pretty morbid sense of humor), she figures I’m not about to remedy the issue, so she takes matters into her own hands… So I documented that too…

This has to be one of my all-time favorite pictures of my mom. In 150 years, when she is no longer with us, I am totally using this pic at her memorial service…

A few days later, we discovered that we are actually unwitting felons, because we transported game into the park without a permit… Sorry about that, Yellowstone peeps!